Easy Roller Polyhedral Gaming Dice Review

Written By L.M. Staton | Edited by Olin Coles

Manufacturer: Easy Roller Dice Company
Products Tested: Legendary Copper Metal Dice Set – $39.95
Yellow Opaque 10-Piece Polyhedral Dice Set – $10.95
Wyvern Reversible Microfiber Self-Standing Large Dice Bag – $11.95
Red Velvet Lined Octagon Shaped Dice Rolling Tray – $15.95

Full Disclosure: The product samples used in this article have been provided by Easy Roller Dice.

Editor’s Note: Easy Roller Dice Company contacted Benchmark Reviews and asked if we play tabletop games with dice, and would we be interested in testing their product. It was a polite straight-forward request, but this project was outside the norm for our technical writers. So I asked a personal friend who regularly games if she was interested in testing their polyhedral dice set, and writing up her experience. This is her review:

As an avid table gamer, one can never have too many dice sets. There are many dice manufacturers out there, and I have had my share of both excellent and faulty dice, so it is always nice to check out a company I am not familiar with and see how their products measure up. Benchmark Reviews received some table gaming products to review from Easy Roller Dice Company, and I thought this would be a great excuse to have a few extra game nights.

In this article for Benchmark Reviews, I will test several table gaming products by Easy Roller Dice Company: Legendary Copper Metal 7-Piece Dice Set, Yellow Opaque 10-Piece Polyhedral Dice Set, Wyvern Reversible Microfiber Self-Standing Large Dice Bag, and their Red Velvet Lined Octagon Shaped Dice Rolling Tray.

Wyvern Reversible Microfiber Self-Standing Large Dice Bag

The first product I looked at was the Wyvern reversible dice bag. It is a black/red combination in a velvety microfiber fabric with a drawstring neck. It looked pretty classy right out of the box. I immediately noticed the flat bottom and wide neck. These are excellent features the have in a large capacity dice bag. When you have to dig through your hundreds of dice to find the perfect d20 to roll the needed crit on the wounded dragon, a wide neck and flat bottom gives you an easier view of your collection and allows the bag to sit open on the table without flopping over.

I dumped the contents of my current dice bag into this one and cinched it up tight. My dice bag didn’t even make a dent in the capacity of the Wyvern reversible dice bag. I would guess that you could easily fit 200 dice in this large bag. It was a little stiff closing, but the fabric feels like it will loosen up nicely over time. The drawstrings feel sturdy and seem like they will resist fraying.

Aesthetically, this is a gorgeous dice bag. It is reversible so you can have either a red or black dice bag and it has the Easy Roller label sewn into the seam on both sides, as well as their stunning Wyvern logo appliqued on the front of the bag – red on the black side and black on the red side. The microfiber fabric also has a good substantial feel to it and seems like it will hold up to years of use. Overall the Wyvern reversible dice bag is quite the quality product.

Red Velvet Lined Octagon Shaped Dice Rolling Tray

Next, we put the octagon dice rolling tray to some use with a game of Descent. This is also a black/red combination with black faux leather frame and red velvet fabric bed with the Easy Roller logo on it. It is a very well-crafted looking piece. The walls are thinner than other dice trays I’ve seen and that contributes to the excellence of the overall look.

The dice tray is an octagonal shape that measures almost 12 inches across from outside edge to outside edge, so, like most dice trays; it is a pretty sizeable piece to place on your gaming table. This could present problems if you are using it while playing a game with a large board. I would not suggest using it for a game of Talisman, for example. For our game, it worked well when placed at the top of the game board. Both of us could use it for our rolls without having to reach too far.

Dice roll smoothly on the surface and the walls are high enough that they don’t bounce out yet short enough to read all the results. That’s what a dice rolling tray is for and that’s what this one does. It just manages to do it with style.

Yellow Opaque 10-Piece Polyhedral Dice Set

The next items were a 10-piece set of opaque yellow polyhedral dice in a small velvet dice bag. The bag was really nice, with a logo tag sewn into the seam and a satin lining.

At first glance, the fact that you get four d6 with this set really stood out. We have a lot of games that are based on a d6 system of some sort, so this was a welcome surprise. The next thing you notice is that the numbers on the percentile die are thinner than the other dice. This was rather odd to me. It didn’t affect the die or the way it rolled at all, but it just took away from the aesthetic of the set a little bit.

Otherwise these dice are just good basic dice. No bubbles or corner flaws. There was nothing bad about them; nothing super special about them. They rolled well and got the job done. The d4 does seem a bit lighter in weight than other d4 I have used, but it doesn’t affect the rolling at all. We didn’t go full-on nerd and float them to check the balance, but seeing the variety of roll results during gameplay, I don’t think that was necessary.

Legendary Copper Metal Polyhedral Dice Set

The last item in the box was the one I was really looking forward to – the cast metal dice set! I absolutely adore metal dice, but find them hard to use in actual gameplay because they are heavy, loud, and inevitably unbalanced. I was hoping these gorgeous copper dice would be different.

These dice were nicely packaged in a faux leather hard box with the Easy Roller logo embossed on the inside. They were nestled into a custom cut foam insert and the overall presentation was pretty classy. I can understand why they call these their professional edition.

They were still pretty heavy, but it was a good hefty feel, not like a rock sitting in your hand. The balance was better than other metal dice I have used. A lot of times with cast metal dice you feel like you are just dropping them. These actually seemed to roll smoother than most metal dice. I’m not sure if they just take more time in the finishing process, but they also feel smoother than other metal dice I have used. The only thing that I can mention that wasn’t absolutely positive was that the d20 seemed a bit small in comparison to the other dice. It wasn’t a deal breaker by any means, just a bit odd.

When paired with the dice rolling tray, I could actually see myself using these dice in game play instead of having them sit on a display shelf in their pretty box.

Overall, I was very pleased with the quality and craftsmanship of all the products we tested. Looking at the website, the prices seem reasonable for the quality of the products. The few things mentioned above that I found odd really don’t seem to detract from any of the quality or performance of these products during actual use during gameplay. As an avid table gamer, I would definitely recommend Easy Roller Dice Company products.